Monday, April 08, 2013

Minnesota-based writer and artist Ron Miller invites you to imagine what the night sky would look like if the Moon was replaced with any other planet from the Solar system. In order to feel the change better, Ron’s photo manipulations keep the same distance between the Earth and the new replacements (which in reality is about 240 000 miles) and real size proportions. Ron even imagines what effect the switch would have on the Earth: with Venus, which reflects 6 times more light than the Moon, the night would be as bright as a day, and Mars would let all the details of the surface to be seen with a naked eye. Which one would be your favorite?